Solicitation Number: 36C24925Q0114
Date Added: January 28, 2025
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NCO 9 Network Contracting Office, on behalf of the Lexington VA Medical Center is conducting market research through this sources sought notice to seek sources to identify potential experienced businesses that are capable of meeting the requirements per the Statement of Work (SOW) below. Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. NAICS code: 621340 and sized standard is $12.5 million. NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered, and verified in VetCert, Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov) DESCRIPTION/STATEMENT OF WORK 1. Scope The Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS) Whole Health Program has a requirement to provide Integrative Health Services including movement therapies (yoga) and mind-body practices to veterans. Services will be provided at the Lexington Veteran Affairs (VA). Contractors offering the services will be trained according to standards outlined by Yoga Alliance. Contractors will have completed at least a 200-hour certification from an accredited program and will be registered with Yoga Alliance. Instructors will have a current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or will complete Basic Life Saving Skills (BLS) through the VA before offering classes. Proof of training of all individual instructors will be provided to the LVAHCS. Services shall be provided in a safe, effective and non-judgmental manner and will take into consideration the individual needs of the recipient. 2. Purpose The Department of Veterans Affairs is committed to providing individualized, proactive, patient-driven care that includes both conventional and complementary integrative health (CIH) approaches. The Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation (OPCCCT) provides leadership to VHA regarding IH approaches and serves as the LVAHCS s partner in establishing a Whole Health model of care within our facility. It is VHA s goal to provide care in the safest and least restrictive environment, through a continuum of services. The LVAHCS s Whole Health Program Manager is responsible for developing, managing, and providing CIH services to our Veterans. By partnering with, local instructors qualified to offer all required services to our Veterans through vested providers, the Whole Health Program Manager will create an avenue for Veterans to access CIH services. The primary goal of the Whole Health Program Manager is to maintain or improve the health of Veterans served in our organization by increasing equal access to CIH services. 3. Description of Service a. The business will provide instructors whose training meets standards set by Yoga Alliance and teaches in a manner acceptable to the LVAHCS for the following clinical service: Yoga (2 hours per week), to offer clinical services to veterans served by the LVAHCS, under the direction of the LVAHCS IHP. b. Programming will run Monday through Friday, between the hours of 0700-1900, with the exception of 11 Federal Holidays (New Year s Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day) c. Services will be provided in group sessions. Group sessions will accommodate from 1-12 participants, with the ability to add/drop participants with limited notice. Session may be face to face or virtual to veterans home or at another VA facility. d. A master schedule of program offerings will be maintained by the VA Whole Health Program Manager and be made available to the contractor. Changes to the schedule will be done with a minimum of 6 weeks notice to the contractor. e. Cancellations of services will be accepted with a 6-week notice, without penalty. If cancellations are made within a 6-week time frame from said appointment, full compensation will be provided to the contracting organization. f. Contracted instructors will attend required team meetings at the Lexington VA Medical Center, as deemed necessary by the Whole Health Program Manager. Attendance can be by phone, unless otherwise directed by the Whole Health Program Manager. CIH practitioners are expected to share feedback and relevant experience, when appropriate, to foster the growth of the Whole Health Program. Instructors may be asked to complete other additional, related duties by the Whole Health Program Manager. Practitioners must also maintain up-to-date trainings that are required by the VHA for all personnel involved in patient care and/or research studies. Training certificates must be given to the Whole Health Pro
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Place of Performance: Lexington, KY, N/A
NAICS Codes:
621340
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